Archive for November, 2010
On This Date in History: When World War I first broke out, the United States was officially neutral. Calvin Coolidge would later say as President that the business of America was business and that idea had already taken hold at the outset of the Great War. America not only wanted to stay out of the [...]
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On This Date in History: I have a few words concerning the events of November 19. 1863 but anything that I could say would pale in comparison to the speech reprinted below. It is the the Gettysburg Address and it was delivered 146 years ago today. The president was not invited until about two weeks [...]
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On This Date in History: Al Jennings was born in 1863 Virginia. His father was a judge and Al began practicing law in the Oklahoma Territory in 1889. Al’s law-partner, brother Ed Jennings, was shot to death in October 1895 by another lawyer named Temple Houston, who was the son of famous Texan General Sam [...]
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On This Date In History: The Tacoma Narrows Bridge opened in July 1940 to great fanfare. With a span of 2800 feet, it was the third longest bridge in the world. The builder decided to save money by making the bridge only 39 feet wide to support just two lanes of traffic which seems pretty [...]
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On This date in History: Today, hockey players all wear helmets and goalies all wear masks. In fact, many goalies have developed masks with creative designs on the front. However, masks and helmets were not always the norm. It wasn’t until the late 70′s or early 80′s that players were required to wear helmets and [...]
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